Navigating Challenges in Product Management

Rich Mironov works for more than +30 years in Product Management. Based on his experience as an Independent Product Consultant & Coach with more than 150 clients he shares his thoughts and observations of Product Teams in B2B enterprise. 

In this episode, he talked to the Product Bakers about how to work as a Product Leader with executives, as well as the topic of negotiating and managing stakeholders and incoming requests. 

 
Table of content: 

• 0:28 - Intro
• 5:45 - Organisational misalignment
• 6:45 - Product vs project management
• 7:45 - Product management becoming the bottleneck
• 10:15 - Working with a founder CEO
• 13:00 - PMs are anthropologists
• 17:05 - State of Product Management vs. Product Design
• 22:15 - Prioritizing & negotiating with stakeholders (e.g. Sales Team)
• 30:05 - Working with stakeholders who have no product background
• 33:40 - Working as a PM with a boss who has no product background
• 39:20 - What keeps Rich awake at night
• 42:45 - Deeply understanding customers & values
• 48:30 - Three tips for everyone who recently started a Product Lead role

Rich on the internet:

• Linkedin: @richmironov
• Blog: https://www.mironov.com/moneystories/
• Rich's recommendation to read: https://www.mironov.com/moneystories/
• Rich's book: The Art of Product Management

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